Intelligence is natural

Capturing biological systems on silicon

OBSERVATION

Nature has solved autonomy beyond Deep Learning

OPTERAN BRAIN

Extracting 600 million years of evolution

OUTCOME

Enabling machines to move just like in nature

A paradigm shift that is real and working today

Opteran's integrated and modular autonomy platform is made up of four parts

SEE

An insect vision camera that sees 360 degrees simultaneously

SENSE

Optical flow based collision avoidance and object detection

DIRECT

A highly efficient approach to SLAM that doesn't get lost

DECIDE

Enables machines to make decisions by weighing up options

Flexible deployment on GPU, FPGA, ASIC

Differentiation

Opteran’s brain works dynamically on the edge with only a visual sensor and no Deep Learning

Our Markets

A general purpose solution for industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles and consumer robotics.

Opteran’s vision is based on natural autonomy. All around us, mostly unnoticed, insects ply their trade; pollinating orchards, swarming and building new colonies. Our vision is for autonomous machines to diligently move around us, cleaning, servicing, supplying our lives and keeping us safer.

Ubiquitous autonomy is the next revolution, not just for industry, but for every sphere of human endeavor. Opteran’s brain makes this future a reality. Our general purpose solutions will empower machines in space, in the air, on and under the ground.

INDUSTRY

Warehousing, cleaning, security, mining etc

TRANSPORT

Autonomous cars, vans and trucks

CONSUMER

Vacuums, lawn mowers and home automation

Our journey to natural intelligence

Opteran have achieved a paradigm shift in machine intelligence that provides a path to true general purpose autonomy.

Approximately 15 years ago IBM's Blue Brain project announced it would map all 86b neurons of the human brain. Opteran’s Chief Science Officer, Professor James Marshall’s reaction was ‘if you were going to map a brain you’d start with something less complex.’ He chose insects, specifically the honeybee which exhibits sophisticated navigational skills using a brain the size of a pinhead with only a million neurons.

James raised over £6m EPSRC grant funding and set about creating a process for extracting natural brain function onto silicon. His team has achieved this, enabling Opteran Technologies.